Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63de537397566ed7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-08-18 16:09:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9b598b952c55aee07b66d4666d738178 SHA-1: 1a363016430c766d2974a51778bdc33dfe64cc0f SHA-256: 63de537397566ed7e112a6a364f16d1186ec6a3d703a821458fd4c0378a810e8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware delivery vehicle. Numerous heuristics point to the PDF containing a link farm, with several URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and a raw IP address further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://jogforbigt.com/clients/6/61/61f7a61d17da296148a50ccd59c4a139/File/rokakuga.pdf
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608729a9ef6e4---xefuv.pdf
    • http://kinel-hunter.ru/upfiles/file/73501339714.pdf
    • http://studiomarazzi.eu/userfiles/files/jubosexetif.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lelv3afb7peaq0lkbvp6nsmjkj/23460691849.pdf
    • https://digireg.nz/upload/pexabab.pdf
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca10eb17d6---14821426684.pdf
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd27e5130a---ronipovupitapazefuzimov.pdf
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klcovr4ds78jn6dhiitp7n99ak/7807689501.pdf
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/lesukas.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5b8736bc4---wufumewinumasa.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaca3km3rk3vpankbic1k6fm20/95935368169.pdf
    • http://flooroverstock.com/admin/userfiles/file/42151063575.pdf
    • https://by-express.com/upfiles/editor/files/10770015487.pdf
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87261d27d9f69e8fe82ae62ad5e68950/nikanojigufuwomolir.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c3fa322a83259a7402d9a39fb0a68ea/73489783883.pdf
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/434b3901c8f31da7dfdb5e430310d357/levot.pdf
    • https://zagorjeadventureteam.hr/files/89914449690.pdf
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9c74c01333d416cd8055893bdb82d70/23956565817.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/lurisoxisosep.pdf
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210808102015284.pdf
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/62134239818.pdf
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgmkbmktdcdfii7t7vgskj9ikt/97399865331.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+free+music+to+itunes+on+macbook+air
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3fe.bin
604fa4915c6881f6fcc92526861801ea9f97033ad2638b3c3146e550111d9788
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3FE 16712 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f5b.bin
42aaa296fe11e6684898c384a5141db66ec08a8cccae8d2e1a820989ab463b3b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F5B 11048 bytes